Accreditation and CLE Rules for Nevada

All courses offered by the National Academy of Continuing Legal Education have been directly approved by the Nevada Board of CLE. Audio, Video and Online programs are considered an “alternate format”. All 13 credits, including ethics and substance abuse, may be earned with National Academy of Continuing Legal Education under the alternate format rule. Effective January 1st 2018, Nevada Attorneys must earn 13 total credits per calendar year which includes 2 hours of ethics and 1 hour of substance abuse. Click here to view the Nevada Supreme Court rule changes.

Nevada attorneys may carry forward a maximum of 20 general credits, 4 ethics credits, and 2 substance abuse credits that are in excess of the annual requirement. Extra ethics and substance abuse credits may be used to satisfy the general credit requirement. However, extra substance abuse credits cannot be used to satisfy the ethics requirement.

Description

Binding arbitration agreements between nursing homes and their residents have faced consistent hostility from courts and legislatures. Although the law in this area is rapidly evolving, for the moment, these agreements are fully enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act. This CLE presentation will provide an overview of arbitration agreements in the nursing home context, as well as practical suggestions for drafting and enforcing these agreements in court.

Lecturer Bio

Curtiss S. Schreiber, Esq.

Mr. Schreiber concentrates his practice in civil litigation with an emphasis on medical malpractice defense, representing physicians, nurses, hospitals and nursing homes in complex litigation. Prior to joining Lowis & Gellen, Mr. Schreiber focused his practice in the areas of Worker’s Compensation defense and general commercial litigation. Mr. Schreiber has experience in all stages of the litigation process, from depositions to motion practice and trials.

Mr. Schreiber is admitted to practice in the state of Illinois and before the Northern District of Illinois. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Mr. Schreiber received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 2011. While at U of C, he was an active member of the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Project, where he advocated on behalf of juvenile criminal defendants facing a range of felony charges or convictions. Mr. Schreiber received his B.A. in English and philosophy with Highest Honors from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, M.N.

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